The Syrian shrine of Sayedah Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

The radical Islamic State group, which once imposed a reign of terror over millions of people in Syria and Iraq, has been ...

Geopolitical factors such as Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza have aided ISIS. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Des Moines Register spoke to Iowa immigrants, lawmakers and advocacy groups about Trump's second-term promises. Here's ...

Iran’s top diplomat said Tehran is ready for any future Israeli attacks on the country, warning that such action could spark a wider conflagration, in comments aired Saturday. Foreign Minister ...

DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry summoned the Italian ambassador on Friday over the detention of an Iranian national wanted by the United States for his alleged role in a deadly ...

Local Iranian workers carried out a rare strike on Sunday in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar against inflation and increasing foreign currency rates, according to a recent report in Iran International.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. One of the many complex foreign policy problems that Donald Trump will inherit ...

Four months in solitary confinement was the 36-year-old hairdresser's introduction to Iran's notorious Evin prison. The only people she saw were her interrogators. She thought that she would "die ...

In 2020, a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad. The U.S. military accused him of developing plans to attack U.S. diplomats and service members in the Middle East.